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Dinner jacket question
As long as it has four buttons (peak) or two (shawl) it's fine.- Bird's One View
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- Forum: Suits
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Target Target
It's a Target that also has a supermarket in one corner.- Bird's One View
- Post #49
- Forum: Suits
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The problem with buying jackets online
Again, it is hard to say for sure by looking at one photo, but I think the jacket does not fit the shoulders. One sleeve hangs much lower than the other. This could be because one sleeve is much longer than the other; or the guy could have one arm much longer than the other ... but the more...- Bird's One View
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- Forum: Suits
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The problem with buying jackets online
An alterations tailor can shape the waist to your liking. By the way, the jacket in the picture looks too large in every way (including length, although this is hard to say for sure without a full body shot), not just in the waist.- Bird's One View
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- Forum: Suits
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Baby Spit-Up out of Tan Cotton?
This is a good argument for loud plaids.- Bird's One View
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- Forum: Suits
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All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette
In a large, non-intimate classroom the "theater rule" comes in to play, whereby one removes the hat to avoid needlessly obstructing the view of anyone seated behind.- Bird's One View
- Post #346
- Forum: Hats
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Rule of thumb for hat ribbons?
I suspect this is largely an individual preference. I like a wide ribbon, but not too wide. "Too wide" for me is when the ribbon width approaches half the crown height of the hat. So, to me, around 1.75" looks good on a lot of hats. But I've certainly seen good looking hats with narrower...- Bird's One View
- Post #2
- Forum: Hats
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I Got The "Brim Too Wide" Blues!
Don't trim that brim. The hat is very tall, and with a narrower brim will look like a pilgrim hat not a fedora. Unless that is the look you are going for....- Bird's One View
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- Forum: Hats
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Indiana Jones Grey Hat
Whereas I will mix brown, black, and blue with great abandon. Learned that from Han Solo.- Bird's One View
- Post #39
- Forum: Hats
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Evening folks! Perhaps you could assist me with a waistcoat query.
You are not likely to find an exact match. In future, don't buy a two piece suit if you want a three piece.- Bird's One View
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- Forum: Suits
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Hats at outdoor weddings
I am wondering if anyone knows of any particular etiquette concerning men's hats at outdoor weddings. Back when men actually wore hats, I presume they wore them to outdoor weddings; but did they remove them during any part of the ceremony? Or for the duration of the ceremony? I wear a hat...- Bird's One View
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- Forum: Hats
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Top Hat for Prom
A top hat, sadly, is not a very useful hat. I have one (collapsable satin) that I have never worn (I have tried it on). The satin ones only go with white tie; you really need a felt one for morning dress. If you are wearing black tie to prom, a more practical hat is a homburg. Biltmore (my...- Bird's One View
- Post #6
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Spectator Shoes
I spoke with someone at the Shoe Bank recently and was told that the eBay store is a separate entity from the Shoe Bank. On topic: bought a pair each of Broadstreets and McClains. From pictures, I thought I'd like the Broadstreet better, but in the flesh I prefer the McClain. Nothing wrong...- Bird's One View
- Post #260
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Trousers: Top button/metal clip dates?
I just bought a dinner jacket with trousers that have the metal clip at the top. The jacket is dated 1926 and the trousers appear to be the original matching pair; both were tailored in Canada. The metal clip on these is flatter and wider than is typical today but functions identically.- Bird's One View
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- Forum: Suits
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Dinner Suit Dilemma
Yes, no, no, yes. I'm not a tailor, but my understanding is that vents can be closed pretty easily but that there is usually not enough extra fabric at normal seams to create nice looking vents.- Bird's One View
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